diff --git a/QA/doqmtests.mpi b/QA/doqmtests.mpi
index f053e2f9ec..0a6ea85d98 100755
--- a/QA/doqmtests.mpi
+++ b/QA/doqmtests.mpi
@@ -627,8 +627,15 @@ let "myexit+=$?"
 let "myexit+=$?"
 ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np back_to_atguess
 let "myexit+=$?"
-./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np dft_tennessine
-let "myexit+=$?"
+# superheavy elements check
+source ./qa_funcs.sh
+strings -a $(get_nwchem_executable) |grep Tennessine >& /dev/null
+exit_code=$?
+if [[ $exit_code == 0 ]]; then
+    echo NWChem code ready for superheavy elements
+    ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np dft_tennessine
+    let "myexit+=$?"
+fi
 #
 ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np ccsdt_ompt_w3pvdz
 let "myexit+=$?"
diff --git a/QA/qa_funcs.sh b/QA/qa_funcs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cd5c15483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/QA/qa_funcs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+get_nwchem_top(){
+    if [[ -z "${NWCHEM_TOP}" ]]; then
+	DIRQA=`dirname "$0"`
+	MYPWD=`pwd`
+	NWCHEM_TOP=`echo ${MYPWD}/${DIRQA} | sed -e 's/\/QA.*//' `
+    fi
+    echo $NWCHEM_TOP
+}
+
+get_nwchem_target(){
+    if [[ -z "${NWCHEM_TARGET}" ]]; then
+	UNAME_S=$(uname -s)
+	if [[ ${UNAME_S} == Linux ]]; then
+	    NWCHEM_TARGET=LINUX64
+	elif [[ ${UNAME_S} == Darwin ]]; then
+	    NWCHEM_TARGET=MACX64
+	else
+	    echo
+	    echo You must define NWCHEM_TARGET in your environment to be the name
+	    echo of the machine you wish to build for ... for example
+	    echo     export NWCHEM_TARGET=SOLARIS
+	    echo Known targets are SOLARIS, ...
+	    echo See the INSTALL instructions for a complete list
+	    echo ${UNAME_S}
+	    exit 1
+	fi
+    fi
+    echo $NWCHEM_TARGET
+}    
+get_nwchem_executable(){
+    NWCHEM_TOP=$(get_nwchem_top)
+    NWCHEM_TARGET=$(get_nwchem_target)
+    if [[ $(echo $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE|cut -c 1-11) == 'singularity' ]] || [[ $(echo $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE|cut -c 1-9) == 'apptainer' ]] || [[ -f $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE ]]; then
+	NWCHEM=$NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE
+    else
+	NWCHEM=${NWCHEM_TOP}/bin/${NWCHEM_TARGET}/nwchem
+    fi
+    echo $NWCHEM
+}
+
diff --git a/QA/runtests.mpi.unix b/QA/runtests.mpi.unix
index 82cd0b05db..2232213ee3 100755
--- a/QA/runtests.mpi.unix
+++ b/QA/runtests.mpi.unix
@@ -35,29 +35,11 @@ export HYDRA_DEBUG=0
 if [[ -z "${USE_ASAN}" ]]; then
     export MALLOC_PERTURB_=$(($RANDOM % 255 + 1))
 fi    
+source ./qa_funcs.sh
+NWCHEM=$(get_nwchem_executable)
+NWCHEM_TOP=$(get_nwchem_top)
+NWCHEM_TARGET=$(get_nwchem_target)
 
-if [[ -z "${NWCHEM_TARGET}" ]]; then
-    UNAME_S=$(uname -s)
-  if [[ ${UNAME_S} == Linux ]]; then
-    NWCHEM_TARGET=LINUX64
-  elif [[ ${UNAME_S} == Darwin ]]; then
-    NWCHEM_TARGET=MACX64
-  else
-      echo
-      echo You must define NWCHEM_TARGET in your environment to be the name
-      echo of the machine you wish to build for ... for example
-      echo     export NWCHEM_TARGET=SOLARIS
-      echo Known targets are SOLARIS, ...
-      echo See the INSTALL instructions for a complete list
-      echo ${UNAME_S}
-      exit 1
-      fi
-fi
-if [[ -z "${NWCHEM_TOP}" ]]; then
-    DIRQA=`dirname "$0"`
-    MYPWD=`pwd`
-    NWCHEM_TOP=`echo ${MYPWD}/${DIRQA} | sed -e 's/\/QA.*//' `
-fi
 if [[ ! -z "${BUILD_MPICH}" ]]; then
     export MPIRUN_PATH=$NWCHEM_TOP/src/libext/bin/mpiexec
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NWCHEM_TOP/src/libext/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
@@ -74,8 +56,6 @@ else
   NONSTD_MPI=0
 fi
 
- NWCHEM_PROJ_PATH=${NWCHEM_TOP}/bin/${NWCHEM_TARGET}
-
 if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
    goto USAGE
 fi
@@ -102,12 +82,6 @@ done
 
  CURDIR=$(pwd)
 
- # Figure out where the executable is.
-if [[ $(echo $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE|cut -c 1-11) == 'singularity' ]] || [[ $(echo $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE|cut -c 1-9) == 'apptainer' ]] || [[ -f $NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE ]]; then
-  NWCHEM=$NWCHEM_EXECUTABLE
-else
-  NWCHEM=${NWCHEM_PROJ_PATH}/nwchem
-fi
 
 if [[ -x $"NWCHEM" ]]; then
   echo failed: cannot execute \"$NWCHEM\"